William



l im ammirata/imma new @ii-iw hW'ILLlAM NAU'MA N, 0F DAYTON, OHIO.

i IMPROVEMENT 1N SEED-mural l Leaerslfawit No.' Sasse, zdtedfMa/y 11,1869; madam Apr/l 13,1869.

Theroh`edu1o referredto in these `Letters Patent and making par'tmf the samej Beit knownthat IVWIL'LIAM H. NAUMAN, inthe county of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, have inf vented a new and useful Improvementin Seed-Drills;

yand I do hereby declare that. the following is a-full, clear, and exact descriptionof the construction and operation of the same,;refe'rence` being had to theaceonipanying drawings, making a part of'` this specifica,` tion, in whichl Figure l represents the hopper-b ot`tom with feed wheel, cupfand slideatta`.ehed.- 1 K Figure 2, feed-wheel and slide. l

Figure 3, end view of `feed-wheel with angeso. Figure 4,-the cup detached. h The object of my invention is to provide a seed-drill that will 'sow grain more regularly than other drills,

` and that will not choke with straws or white-caps that may be in the seed,and..that can be regulated to sow any quantity of seed to the acre that maybe desired,

without increasing or diminishing the` motion of the `feed-wheels, thereby dispensing with a` great number of gear-wheelsas nsedrby other drills having cups under the hopper in which the feed-wheels run.

The feed-wheels Afwhich run in the cup 0pnder h `the hopper-bottom, and through into the hopper, are

provided with flanges VE on eithe'rQside,A and cogs F running across connecting with the`\anges, the object ofthe flanges being to prevent the breaking of grain.

This .arrangement carries the grain through the aperture G, made by the slide B, into the cup C, and `forces it'out at the discharge-opening, D;

The adjustable slide B isplaced in front of the feedwheels A, and held to its place by the cup` C, and has Spaces cut out G, so that in moving the slide B, the u h aperture G, between the cup 'and feed-wheel, maybe increased or diminished atpleasre, thereby leaving any desired qnantityof seed through the aperture into the cup, vthus avoiding the necessity 'of increasing` or diminishing the speed of the feed-wheels,- as is ione by other drills having cups under the hopper, in which the feed-wheel runs.

- The cup O, under the hopper-bottom, covers one-4 half the feedwheel,-an d may be made large enough to pass any quantity of seed that may be left through the lapertnire- G- made by thel slide B, -the object oiLth-el cup being to pass either much or little seed through the discharge-opening D.

The indicator attached to the slide, as shown in Iig. 1, is for indicating the quantity oftseed sown `to the acre. The screw on the end ofthe slide is for moving the slide.

Having thus described my improvement,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 4i

1. A feed-wheel running in a cup under the hopper and through the hopper-bottom, when the quantity of seed is regulated by a slide, as described, as and for 

